Those issues appear to be behind Sharpe now.I do not recall hearing about any issues during his season in Detroit and after a half hearted scouring of the internet I did not find any record of problems at UAB.Because of that we can focus on what he can do on the court instead of his actions off of it.

I happen to have some vintage footage of a 2008 NBA Summer League game from Las Vegas that featured none other than Walter Sharpe suiting up for the Detroit Pistons.Yes, I actually have several 2008 summer league games on DVD (I say CD on the video below, but do not hold it against me).Let me know if you are hard up for hoops and want a copy of one.

As I point out repeatedly Sharpe played power forward in college, but Detroit was working on transforming him into a small forward.Based on watching him I think it was the correct decision.Even less than a month after he was drafted, he showed the ability to play perimeter defense.His ball handling and passing was also very solid for a guy trying to fit into a new position.Wait until you see him shoot a jumper before you get too excited.

Sharpe will clearly not be contributing to the Nuggets in 2009-10 and honestly, he may never be an NBA rotation player.However, he has shown that he can play one on one perimeter defense.If he can learn to handle pick and roll defense better and iron out his shot, he does have a chance to become a rotation player.Obviously this footage is a year old so it is likely he has made strides in both departments. At this point the Nuggets have not added Sharpe to their summer league roster so we will not get a chance to observe him until training camp in October.

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Interesting tape, nice job! I think he is more than likely NBDL fodder this year for the Nuggets. I can’t see anything in this tape that would suggest that Sharpe should steal any minutes from LK or Balkman (should LK leave).

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I went to school with Walter I have seen him in regulation games and in pick up games his size is misleading he can dribble better than any big man in the leauge he can do any and1 move his range is from any where he was on top pllays once on espn for a exhibiton game where he does and hesitation cross over from the perimeter and reverse slams the ball youtube walter sharpe there is footage of his speed his passing and his jump shooting there are articles on espn where they talked about his jumper at the beggining of they year only prob work ethic not up to par maybe will get into altercations outside of nba but never really his fault but I’m glad to see him out the city and maybe the world will never see the walter sharpe I saw pre-youtube